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Greetings from New Hampshire Motor Speedway

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Currently, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is on the track for its first practice session of the day. Sprint Cup practice will be at noon and qualifying for Sunday's Sylvania 300 will be at 3 p.m.

I'd like to wish longtime NHMS executive Ron Meade a speedy recover. A press release from track officials indicates that Meade has fallen ill and will miss his first weekend at "The Magic Mile" since the track opened back in 1990.

"I want to wish everyone a great, safe Sylvania 300 weekend," Meade said in a prepared statement. "I am sorry that I won't be there, but I will be thinking of all of you."

In other news this morning, Connecticut's Joey Logano will attempt to make his Sprint Cup debut for Joe Gibbs Racing. Logano will replace two-time Cup champion Tony Stewart at JGR in 2009.

"I think the biggest part of this weekend is going to be to gain respect from all of those guys because we will race against those guys for a long time," Logano said.

Another big news item out of Loudon this morning is the announcement that UPS has decided to leave Michael Waltrip Racing after the end of this season and be the primary sponsor on David Ragan's No. 6 Ford Fusion at Roush Fenway Racing.